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History of the United Kingdom by period

  • Tudor periodIn the year 1485, Henry VII defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field to seize the English throne. This victory ended decades of civil war known…
  • Renaissance in ScotlandIn the mid-nineteenth century, cultural historian Jacob Burckhardt formulated a concept to describe an intellectual and artistic movement that began in Italy…
  • Elizabethan eraQueen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne in 1558, inheriting a nation that had been financially bankrupt and religiously fractured.
  • Jacobean eraJames VI of Scotland inherited the crown of England in 1603 as James I. This practical unification of two nations under one ruler marked a profound shift in…
  • Georgian eraOn the 1st of August 1714, Queen Anne died without surviving children. Her death triggered an immediate succession crisis that ended centuries of Stuart rule.
  • English RenaissanceScholars argue over the exact moment when the English Renaissance began. Some point to the late 15th century while others insist it started in the early 16th…
  • Victorian eraQueen Victoria ascended to the throne on the 20th of June 1837 following the death of her uncle William IV. Her reign lasted for sixty-three years and seven…
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandOn the first of January 1801, a new sovereign state emerged from the merger of Great Britain and Ireland. The Acts of Union brought two kingdoms together…